List of Department of Health and Human Services appointments by Joe Biden explained

See main article: List of political appointments by Joe Biden. Below is a list of nominations and appointments to the Department of Health and Human Services by Joe Biden, the 46th president of the United States., according to tracking by The Washington Post and Partnership for Public Service, 15 nominees have been confirmed, 1 nominee is being considered by the Senate, 3 positions do not have nominees, and 22 appointments have been made to positions that do not require Senate confirmation.[1]

Color key

Denotes appointees awaiting Senate confirmation.

Denotes appointees serving in an acting capacity.

Denotes appointees who have left office or offices which have been disbanded.

Leadership

OfficeNomineeAssumed officeLeft office
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Secretary of Health and Human Services
Xavier Becerra[2] 		March 19, 2021[3] —
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Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services
Andrea Palm		May 12, 2021[4] —

Withdrawn nominations

OfficeNomineeAnnouncedWithdrawnNotes
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Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services
(Planning and Evaluation)
Robert Otto Valdez		September 16, 2021January 7, 2022
—
Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services
(Aging) & Administrator for Community Living
Rita Landgraf		March 9, 2022January 3, 2023

See also

Notes

Confirmations by roll call vote
  1. Web site: Service. Partnership for Public. Political Appointee Tracker • Partnership for Public Service. 2021-07-16. Partnership for Public Service. en-US.
  2. Web site: Alex Rogers. Senate narrowly confirms Xavier Becerra as Health and Human Services secretary. 2021-03-18. CNN. 18 March 2021 .
  3. Web site: On the Nomination (Confirmation: Xavier Becerra, of California, to be Secretary of Health and Human Services) . US Senate . 12 November 2021.
  4. Web site: On the Nomination (Confirmation: Andrea Joan Palm, of Wisconsin, to be Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services) . US Senate . 12 November 2021.
  5. Web site: Cheryl Campbell . HHS.gov . 22 June 2021 . en . 2021-03-22.
  6. ddiamond . Dan . Diamond . 1579869551491420162 . HHS announces that @robertmgordon — nominated 419 days ago (!) by Biden to be the health department's top financial official — has finally been sworn in . 2022-10-21.
  7. Web site: PN1159 — Robert Michael Gordon — Department of Health and Human Services 117th Congress (2021-2022) . US Congress . 17 November 2022.
  8. Web site: Robert Gordon . LinkedIn . 2023-10-24.
  9. Web site: On the Nomination (Confirmation: Rachel Leland Levine, of Pennsylvania, to be an Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services) . US Senate . 12 November 2021.
  10. News: Rachel Levine, openly transgender health official, to be sworn in as four-star admiral in Public Health Service . Diamond . Dan . The Washington Post . October 19, 2021.
  11. Web site: On the Nomination (Confirmation: Vivek Hallegere Murthy, of Florida, to be Medical Director in the Regular Corps and Surgeon General of the Public Health Service) . US Senate . 12 November 2021.
  12. AHRQNews. 1498049556445118466. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Bob Valdez, Ph.D., has been appointed as #AHRQ's Director effective today. 2022-02-28.
  13. Web site: 2021-03-11 . President Biden Announces Intent to Nominate Key Role for the Department of Health and Human Services . 2021-04-12 . The White House . en-US.
  14. Web site: Statement by HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra on the Swearing-In of Melanie Anne Egorin as Assistant Secretary for Legislation. 2021-10-07. United States Department of Health and Human Services. 2021-10-09.
  15. Web site: PN445 — Melanie Anne Egorin — Department of Health and Human Services 117th Congress (2021-2022) . US Congress . 30 September 2021. 17 October 2021.
  16. Web site: 2021-03-19 . President Biden Announces his Intent to Nominate Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, Department of Health and Human Services . 2021-04-12 . The White House . en-US.
  17. Web site: Dawn O'Connell Sworn in as New ASPR - NACCHO . www.naccho.org . 1 July 2021. Hess, Beth. June 30, 2021.
  18. Web site: 2021-06-16. PN258 - Nomination of Dawn Myers O'Connell for Department of Health and Human Services, 117th Congress (2021-2022). 2021-06-24. www.congress.gov.
  19. Web site: Roubein . Rachel . Inside the latest vaccine mystery . POLITICO . March 22, 2021 . 22 June 2021 . en.
  20. HHS_Spox . Sarah . Lovenheim . 1608840334108246016 . Today is my last day serving as the @HHSGov Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs. . 2023-01-14.
  21. Web site: President Biden Announces 10 Key Nominations . The White House . 6 August 2021 . 20 October 2021.
  22. Web site: On the Nomination (Confirmation: Samuel R. Bagenstos, of Michigan, to be General Counsel, Department of Health and Human Services) . US Senate . 9 June 2022.
  23. Web site: 2021-06-18. President Biden Announces Five Key Nominations. 2021-06-18. The White House. en-US.
  24. Web site: PN750 — Christi A. Grimm — Department of Health and Human Services 117th Congress (2021-2022) . US Congress . 17 February 2022 . 21 February 2022.
  25. Web site: OCS Welcomes Assistant Secretary January Contreras . 2022-04-01 . United States Department of Health and Human Services . 2023-10-15.
  26. Web site: On the Nomination (Confirmation: January Contreras, of Arizona, to be Assistant Secretary for Family Support, Department of Health and Human Services) . US Senate . 2022-04-01.
  27. Web site: My Grateful Goodbye as Assistant Secretary for Children and Families . January . Contreras . 2023-08-12 . LinkedIn . 2023-10-15.
  28. Web site: PN1659 — Rebecca E. Jones Gaston — Department of Health and Human Services, 117th Congress (2021-2022) . United States Congress . 2022-12-22.
  29. Web site: On the Nomination (Confirmation: Patrice H. Kunesh, of Minnesota, to be Commissioner of the Administration for Native Americans, Department of Health and Human Services). US Senate. March 8, 2023.
  30. Web site: Robin Dunn Marcos . LinkedIn . 2022-12-22.
  31. Web site: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Announces Additional Biden-Harris Administration Staff Appointments . HHS.gov . 7 July 2021 . en . 2 March 2021.
  32. Web site: Top administration official overseeing care of unaccompanied children to step down . Lexi . Lonas . 2022-04-21 . The Hill . 2022-12-22.
  33. Web site: On the Nomination (Confirmation: Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, of Virginia, to be Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) . US Senate . 12 November 2021.
  34. Web site: CMS Announces Director of Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services CMS. 2021-07-06. www.cms.gov.
  35. Web site: CMS Announces Director of Center for Medicare CMS. 2021-07-06. www.cms.gov.
  36. Web site: Statement from President Joe Biden Announcing His Intention to Nominate Dr. Robert Califf for Commissioner of Food and Drugs . The White House . 12 November 2021.
  37. Web site: On the Nomination (Confirmation: Robert McKinnon Califf, of North Carolina, to be Commissioner of Food and Drugs, Department of Health and Human Services) . US Senate . 16 February 2022.
  38. Web site: New Administrator Carole Johnson Joins HRSA, $48 Million to Increase the Public Health Workforce in Rural and Tribal Communities, Newly Published Year in Review, and more . HRSA . en.
  39. Web site: PN1840 — Roselyn Tso — Department of Health and Human Services 117th Congress (2021-2022) . US Congress . 17 November 2022.
  40. Web site: President Biden Announces Intent to Nominate Dr. Monica Bertagnolli as Director of the National Institutes of Health. The White House. May 15, 2023. May 15, 2023.
  41. Web site: On the Nomination (Confirmation: Monica M. Bertagnolli, of Massachusetts, to be Director of the National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services) . US Senate . 8 November 2023.
  42. Web site: President Biden Announces Intent to Appoint Dr. Renee Wegrzyn as Inaugural Director of Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H). The White House. September 12, 2022. September 12, 2022.
  43. Web site: President Biden Intends to Appoint Dr. W. Kimryn Rathmell as Director of the National Cancer Institute. 2023-11-17. The White House. 2023-11-17.
  44. Web site: President Biden Intends to Appoint Dr. Monica Bertagnolli as Director of the National Cancer Institute. 2022-08-10. The White House. 2021-08-10.
  45. Web site: President Biden Appoints Members to National Cancer Advisory Board. 2021-09-15. The White House. 2021-09-25.
  46. Web site: President Biden Announces Key Appointments to Boards and Commissions. 2024-05-10. The White House. 2024-05-13.
  47. Web site: 2021-04-23. President Biden Announces Six Key Administration Nominations. 2021-04-23. The White House. en-US.
  48. Web site: Statement by HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra on the Swearing-In of Miriam E. Delphin-Rittmon as Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use and Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. SAMHSA. July 23, 2021. August 7, 2021.
  49. Web site: PN449 - Nomination of Miriam E. Delphin-Rittmon for Department of Health and Human Services, 117th Congress (2021-2022) . www.congress.gov . 1 July 2021 . 24 June 2021.
Confirmations by voice vote
  1. Web site: Service. Partnership for Public. Political Appointee Tracker • Partnership for Public Service. 2021-07-16. Partnership for Public Service. en-US.
  2. Web site: Alex Rogers. Senate narrowly confirms Xavier Becerra as Health and Human Services secretary. 2021-03-18. CNN. 18 March 2021 .
  3. Web site: On the Nomination (Confirmation: Xavier Becerra, of California, to be Secretary of Health and Human Services) . US Senate . 12 November 2021.
  4. Web site: On the Nomination (Confirmation: Andrea Joan Palm, of Wisconsin, to be Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services) . US Senate . 12 November 2021.
  5. Web site: Cheryl Campbell . HHS.gov . 22 June 2021 . en . 2021-03-22.
  6. ddiamond . Dan . Diamond . 1579869551491420162 . HHS announces that @robertmgordon — nominated 419 days ago (!) by Biden to be the health department's top financial official — has finally been sworn in . 2022-10-21.
  7. Web site: PN1159 — Robert Michael Gordon — Department of Health and Human Services 117th Congress (2021-2022) . US Congress . 17 November 2022.
  8. Web site: Robert Gordon . LinkedIn . 2023-10-24.
  9. Web site: On the Nomination (Confirmation: Rachel Leland Levine, of Pennsylvania, to be an Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services) . US Senate . 12 November 2021.
  10. News: Rachel Levine, openly transgender health official, to be sworn in as four-star admiral in Public Health Service . Diamond . Dan . The Washington Post . October 19, 2021.
  11. Web site: On the Nomination (Confirmation: Vivek Hallegere Murthy, of Florida, to be Medical Director in the Regular Corps and Surgeon General of the Public Health Service) . US Senate . 12 November 2021.
  12. AHRQNews. 1498049556445118466. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Bob Valdez, Ph.D., has been appointed as #AHRQ's Director effective today. 2022-02-28.
  13. Web site: 2021-03-11 . President Biden Announces Intent to Nominate Key Role for the Department of Health and Human Services . 2021-04-12 . The White House . en-US.
  14. Web site: Statement by HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra on the Swearing-In of Melanie Anne Egorin as Assistant Secretary for Legislation. 2021-10-07. United States Department of Health and Human Services. 2021-10-09.
  15. Web site: PN445 — Melanie Anne Egorin — Department of Health and Human Services 117th Congress (2021-2022) . US Congress . 30 September 2021. 17 October 2021.
  16. Web site: 2021-03-19 . President Biden Announces his Intent to Nominate Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, Department of Health and Human Services . 2021-04-12 . The White House . en-US.
  17. Web site: Dawn O'Connell Sworn in as New ASPR - NACCHO . www.naccho.org . 1 July 2021. Hess, Beth. June 30, 2021.
  18. Web site: 2021-06-16. PN258 - Nomination of Dawn Myers O'Connell for Department of Health and Human Services, 117th Congress (2021-2022). 2021-06-24. www.congress.gov.
  19. Web site: Roubein . Rachel . Inside the latest vaccine mystery . POLITICO . March 22, 2021 . 22 June 2021 . en.
  20. HHS_Spox . Sarah . Lovenheim . 1608840334108246016 . Today is my last day serving as the @HHSGov Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs. . 2023-01-14.
  21. Web site: President Biden Announces 10 Key Nominations . The White House . 6 August 2021 . 20 October 2021.
  22. Web site: On the Nomination (Confirmation: Samuel R. Bagenstos, of Michigan, to be General Counsel, Department of Health and Human Services) . US Senate . 9 June 2022.
  23. Web site: 2021-06-18. President Biden Announces Five Key Nominations. 2021-06-18. The White House. en-US.
  24. Web site: PN750 — Christi A. Grimm — Department of Health and Human Services 117th Congress (2021-2022) . US Congress . 17 February 2022 . 21 February 2022.
  25. Web site: OCS Welcomes Assistant Secretary January Contreras . 2022-04-01 . United States Department of Health and Human Services . 2023-10-15.
  26. Web site: On the Nomination (Confirmation: January Contreras, of Arizona, to be Assistant Secretary for Family Support, Department of Health and Human Services) . US Senate . 2022-04-01.
  27. Web site: My Grateful Goodbye as Assistant Secretary for Children and Families . January . Contreras . 2023-08-12 . LinkedIn . 2023-10-15.
  28. Web site: PN1659 — Rebecca E. Jones Gaston — Department of Health and Human Services, 117th Congress (2021-2022) . United States Congress . 2022-12-22.
  29. Web site: On the Nomination (Confirmation: Patrice H. Kunesh, of Minnesota, to be Commissioner of the Administration for Native Americans, Department of Health and Human Services). US Senate. March 8, 2023.
  30. Web site: Robin Dunn Marcos . LinkedIn . 2022-12-22.
  31. Web site: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Announces Additional Biden-Harris Administration Staff Appointments . HHS.gov . 7 July 2021 . en . 2 March 2021.
  32. Web site: Top administration official overseeing care of unaccompanied children to step down . Lexi . Lonas . 2022-04-21 . The Hill . 2022-12-22.
  33. Web site: On the Nomination (Confirmation: Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, of Virginia, to be Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) . US Senate . 12 November 2021.
  34. Web site: CMS Announces Director of Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services CMS. 2021-07-06. www.cms.gov.
  35. Web site: CMS Announces Director of Center for Medicare CMS. 2021-07-06. www.cms.gov.
  36. Web site: Statement from President Joe Biden Announcing His Intention to Nominate Dr. Robert Califf for Commissioner of Food and Drugs . The White House . 12 November 2021.
  37. Web site: On the Nomination (Confirmation: Robert McKinnon Califf, of North Carolina, to be Commissioner of Food and Drugs, Department of Health and Human Services) . US Senate . 16 February 2022.
  38. Web site: New Administrator Carole Johnson Joins HRSA, $48 Million to Increase the Public Health Workforce in Rural and Tribal Communities, Newly Published Year in Review, and more . HRSA . en.
  39. Web site: PN1840 — Roselyn Tso — Department of Health and Human Services 117th Congress (2021-2022) . US Congress . 17 November 2022.
  40. Web site: President Biden Announces Intent to Nominate Dr. Monica Bertagnolli as Director of the National Institutes of Health. The White House. May 15, 2023. May 15, 2023.
  41. Web site: On the Nomination (Confirmation: Monica M. Bertagnolli, of Massachusetts, to be Director of the National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services) . US Senate . 8 November 2023.
  42. Web site: President Biden Announces Intent to Appoint Dr. Renee Wegrzyn as Inaugural Director of Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H). The White House. September 12, 2022. September 12, 2022.
  43. Web site: President Biden Intends to Appoint Dr. W. Kimryn Rathmell as Director of the National Cancer Institute. 2023-11-17. The White House. 2023-11-17.
  44. Web site: President Biden Intends to Appoint Dr. Monica Bertagnolli as Director of the National Cancer Institute. 2022-08-10. The White House. 2021-08-10.
  45. Web site: President Biden Appoints Members to National Cancer Advisory Board. 2021-09-15. The White House. 2021-09-25.
  46. Web site: President Biden Announces Key Appointments to Boards and Commissions. 2024-05-10. The White House. 2024-05-13.
  47. Web site: 2021-04-23. President Biden Announces Six Key Administration Nominations. 2021-04-23. The White House. en-US.
  48. Web site: Statement by HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra on the Swearing-In of Miriam E. Delphin-Rittmon as Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use and Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. SAMHSA. July 23, 2021. August 7, 2021.
  49. Web site: PN449 - Nomination of Miriam E. Delphin-Rittmon for Department of Health and Human Services, 117th Congress (2021-2022) . www.congress.gov . 1 July 2021 . 24 June 2021.

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